Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
In public health terms, what makes air pollution distinctive is the millions of people exposes to common pollutants such as particulates and smog. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Endangered Species Act (ESA ).
Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. This decision made the Endangered Species Act the strongest of the environmental statutes.
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Legal Planet
AUGUST 25, 2022
Traditional land use law is tied in with urban sprawl, a big problem in terms of carbon emissions and urban air pollution. The Endangered Species Act can have a big effect on land use in some parts of the country. There are a lot of rules governing land development, not all of them embodied in zoning laws.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 3, 2022
Do this by restricting the use of Minister’s Zoning Orders, reversing changes that weakened Conservation Authorities, the Growth Plan and Planning Act and the Endangered Species Act. Ensure we don’t recycle toxics by requiring that products sent for recycling do not contain dangerous substances.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 12, 2023
It Put A Blight On Our Community’ -- Observer-Reporter: Fmr Hatfield Power Plant Smokestacks Demolished, Marking End Of Coal-Fired Era -- TribLive: Fmr Cheswick Coal-fired Power Plant Property Could Be Rezoned Residential In Allegheny County -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Seward Coal-Fired Generating Station In Westmoreland County To Get New Operator (..)
Environmental Progress
JULY 29, 2020
Wind developers are allowed to self-report violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Those technologies and others allowed conventional air pollutants to peak in developed nations the 1960s and 1970s.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.
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